Rider Rally

We’re sending it for the 25th anniversary and are stoked to welcome you to Copper Mountain in beautiful Summit County, Colorado, for an independent Rider Rally. This special celebration will be the biggest U.S. AASI snowboard gathering of the season. Come for the camaraderie and terrain, stay for the education and networking!

REGISTRATION IS OPEN
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Join us April 22-24, 2025, at Copper Mountain in Colorado. Earn 18 CEUs.

  

Event is only open current to PSIA-AASI members.

Price: $750
Payment plans are available. Contact our Member Services team for more info at 303.987.9390 or memberservices@thesnowpros.org

Event price includes opening party on 4/21, breakfast and lunch during the event, 4/22-4/24. The registration fee does not include lift tickets, lodging, travel, or transportation. Closer to the event date, PSIA-AASI will provide discount lift ticket and lodging info to registrants, but individuals are responsible for booking these on their own. PSIA-AASI does not provide or handle tickets, lodging, or travel for this event. 

Deadlines: Registration ends Tuesday, April 15, 2025, or when the event is at capacity.

Cancellation Policy:
Cancel before Jan. 31 – Full refund
Cancel Feb. 1-Feb. 29 – $250 penalty
Cancel March 1 and later – No refund 

Schedule

Each day includes morning and afternoon on-snow electives and will also feature its own special event:

  • Monday, April 21
    • Registration and welcome activities
  • Tuesday, April 22
    • Session in the Woodward Barn
  • Wednesday, April 23
    • Presentation from the Canadian Association of Snowboard Instructors (CASI) + Demo Day + Whiskey Bar
  • Thursday, April 24
    • Morning yoga, stretches, and movement with National Team member Cori Lambert
    • Closing night party

You’ll also have the option to do a daily group “Rally Ride” down the hill at 3:30 p.m. each day.

3 – 5 p.m.
Event Registration. Hasty’s in the Center Village Conference Center.

5 – 7:30 p.m. Welcome Reception  at Hasty’s

7 – 8:30 a.m. 
Breakfast at Kokopelli’s in the Center Village Conference Center

9 a.m.
Meet with your group in center village base area between American flyer and Eagle lifts just in front of Downhill Dukes Restaurant on snow.

9:15 – 11:45 a.m.
Morning electives

Noon – 1 p.m.
Lunch

1 p.m.
Meet with your group in center village base area between American flyer and Eagle lifts just in front of Downhill Dukes Restaurant on snow.

1:15 – 3:30 p.m.
Afternoon electives

3:30 – 4 p.m.
Rally Ride

5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Woodward Barn Session

7 – 8:30 a.m.
Breakfast at Kokopelli’s in the Center Village Conference Center

9 a.m.
9 a.m.    Meet with your group in center village base area between American flyer and Eagle lifts. You will have the opportunity to demo snowboards from Head, Rossignol, Never Summer!

9:15 – 11:45 a.m.
Morning electives

Noon – 1 p.m.
Lunch with your group. Demo equipment available.

1 p.m.
Meet with your group

1:15 – 3:30 p.m.
Afternoon electives

3:30 – 4 p.m.
Rally Ride

4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
AASI & CASI National Team presentations and Q&A. Kokopelli’s in the Center Village Conference Center

5:30 – 8 p.m.
Trivia Night & Karaoke. High Rockies Whiskey Bar in Center Village

7 – 8 a.m.
Kickin it with Cori: Yoga, stretching and movement

7 – 8:30 a.m.
Breakfast at Kokopelli’s in the Center Village Conference Center

9 a.m.
Meet with your group in center village base area between American flyer and Eagle lifts just in front of Downhill Dukes Restaurant on snow.

9:15 – 11:45 a.m.
Morning electives

Noon – 1 p.m.
Lunch

1 p.m.
Meet with your group in center village base area between American flyer and Eagle lifts just in front of Downhill Dukes Restaurant on snow.

1:15 – 3:30 p.m.
Afternoon electives

3:30 – 4 p.m.
Rally Ride

5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
25th Anniversary Party at Downhill Dukes Restaurant in center village base area between American flyer and Eagle lifts.

Elective Options

  • ⛰ All Mountain Explore Copper – Ride it all! Develop skills for coaching across groomers, powder, bumps, trees & steeps.
  • 🏔 Big Mountain – Master steep terrain & off-piste bowls while leveling up your coaching and confidence.
  • 🔄 Carving – Sharpen your edge control, link powerful turns, and even try euro-carving & revert carving!
  • 🏂 Freestyle Outside the Park – Take your freestyle skills to natural terrain—spin, jib, butter & press your way down the mountain!
  • 📷 Insta 360 Reels – Learn to film & edit pro-level snowboarding videos to boost your social media game.
  • 🎿 Park & Pipe – Progress your freestyle game in Copper’s terrain parks & SuperPipe. Perfect your park & halfpipe coaching skills!
  • 👩‍🎿 Women’s Progression Session – Ride & progress in a supportive, women-led environment. Perfect for carving, freestyle & off-piste confidence!
  • 🛹 Woodward Barn Session (💰 Extra Fee) – Practice tricks before hitting the snow with ramps, trampolines, & indoor ParkBoard™ training.
  • 🎥 Video Movement Analysis – Use video analysis techniques to break down riding movements & give better coaching feedback.
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  • # of terrain parks: 10, including a 13-foot halfpipe and 22-foot superpipe. Check out the Woodward Mountain Park 
  • Summit elevation: 12,441 feet 
  • Vertical drop: 2,738 feet 
  • Ridable terrain: 2,538 acres 
  • Location: Copper Mountain is just 75 miles from Denver and is accessible from the airport via public transportation and shuttle services. Stay at the base of the hill or in one of the nearby towns. Frisco, Colorado, is easily accessible via the Summit Stage, a free public bus.  
  • Pass Info: Copper is part of the Ikon Pass. Nearby resorts also on the Ikon Pass include Arapahoe Basin (35 minutes), Winter Park (90 minutes), Steamboat Springs (2 hours), and Aspen Snowmass (2 hours). Some restrictions apply. See ikonpass.com for details. If you have an Epic Pass, Breckenridge, Keystone, Vail, and Beaver Creek are each just 30 minutes or less from Copper. Make a big trip out of it!

Registration is open until 4/15

After signing up, you will receive information about discount lodging and lift tickets.

REGISTRATION closes Tuesday, April 15

Registration ends Tuesday, April 15, 2025, or when the event is at capacity.

Cancel before Jan. 31 – Full refund
Cancel Feb. 1-Feb. 29 – $250 penalty
Cancel March 1 and later – No refund 

If Rider Rally reaches capacity, an online waitlist will be available to allow further registrations in case any participants cancel. Follow the link on the calendar’s event page to join the waitlist. A credit card on file is required in order to join the waitlist. Note that you will be automatically registered and charged for the event if a spot opens up. Your cost for the event will be locked in at the rate of the event the moment you join the waitlist.

If you add yourself to a waitlist, please remember that you are committing to attending that event should you get a spot. If a spot opens up in the event at least 1 month before the start date, you will automatically be enrolled, and your credit card will be charged for the event. You will receive two notification emails, one confirming the event and one confirming the credit card charge.

You will NOT automatically be cancelled from the waitlist if you are registered for another event on the same day.

You can cancel yourself from the waitlist at any time. If you need assistance removing yourself from the waitlist you can email or call us to be removed from the waitlist. Members on the waitlist are subject to following the cancellation policy if they get moved into the event. Generally, this means that it is risky to put yourself on multiple waitlists for the same day, or the same event type within two weeks of each other.

why attend?

Ride. Engage. Progress.

Rider Rally at Copper is an opportunity to shred big terrain in a supportive environment with members of the AASI National Team, learn from and network with your peers both on- and off-mountain, stay up on innovations shaping our industry, grow your community, demo new equipment, and get inspired. 

Founded as a grassroots event in 2000 by National Team snowboard members, Rider Rally is celebrating its 25th anniversary by fully embracing its roots of being for snowboarders, by snowboarders.  

Rider Rally is designed to highlight the social and fun aspects of the snowboard culture. This will be a rider-driven event, based on the needs of our participants and the conditions of the day.

Whether you just got your Level I or have been a big-mountain guide for decades, there’s something for everyone. You will leave the event a better rider and a better instructor! 

Bringing Back Snowboard Radness for the 25th Anniversary

Learn all about Rider Rally and get stoked to attend by listening to this short episode of First Chair, the PSIA-AASI podcast. Eric Rolls, the technical coach for the AASI Snowboard Team, joined us to discuss the history of the event, which dates back to the 1999/2000 season, and why the AASI Snowboard Team wanted to celebrate 25 years by returning to the standalone format. We hope to see you there!

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Welcome CASI National Team Members

We’re excited to welcome a few members of the Canadian National Team to Rider Rally in April 2025! Similar to PSIA-AASI in America, Canada has a similar organization – the Canadian Association of Snowboard Instructors (CASI). Registering for Rider Rally means you get to ride and learn from some international greats. Meet the CASI Team members who are joining Rider Rally 2025.

Geneviève Pilotto

Gen is CASI’s Director of Education & Programs as well as the National Technical Team leader. She is a CASI Level 4 Evaluator and started teaching snowboarding in 1999 at St-Pacôme, Québec eventually spreading her wings to different resorts in Québec and Western Canada. When she’s not working for CASI, you can find her shredding with her 12 and 14 year old sons. She has a wealth of industry experience managing CASI certification courses, building resort relationships, training new and existing snowboard instructors and leading the Evaluator team both on and off the snow.

Breen Trott

Breen is a CASI Level 4 / Park 2 evaluator. He started teaching snowboarding in 2002 at Glen Eden, Ontario and then spent several years at both Sun Peaks and Fernie, BC before finally settling back in Ontario at Mount Pakenham. When he’s not teaching, you can find him shredding with his 5 and 8 year old children.

James Hyland

James Hyland is CASI’s Program Manager for the On/Man/Sask region as well as a Level 4 & Park 2 Evaluator and past member of the National Tech and Interski Team. Ontario native, James has navigated a career in snowboarding including many years in Western Canada and Japan but ultimately returning to his roots to raise his family in the Collingwood area. James is known for his hard charging “send it” attitude blended with passion for sharing his depth of knowledge in snowboarding.

Watch Winter Roots, Premiered at Rider Rally 2024

At National Academy / Rider Rally 2024, members of the PSIA-AASI National Team showed a film they created in the Montana backcountry. Emphasizing teamwork, adventure, camaraderie, personal growth, and the application of lessons learned as top-level instructors, Winter Roots will get you stoked to be on snow with your friends.